DAILY READINGS: 1 Sam. 23-24; Isa. 62 to 63:14; Rom. 6:15 to 7:6
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in
the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,
and have done perversely, we have committ ed wickedness;
1 Kings 8:47
Conviction and repentance lead to forgiveness. Solomon reminded
Israel that should they sin against the Lord, that if they came to
an end of themselves and turned to Him, forgiveness would be extended.
Perhaps a reader today fi nds themselves captive in a backslidden
condition and far from the place of fellowship with God.
Repent and the Lord will restore you too. —W. H. Gustafson
If Thou dost mark our sins, who then shall stand?
But grace and mercy dwell at Thy right hand. —C. H. Purday